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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Landless Dalits, Hit Hardest By Disasters, Are Last To Get Relief

Brahmagiri, Puri District: There’s nowhere to go beyond Talamala....

“Jaan de denge lekin zamin nahi denge” (we will give our lives but not the land): Sonbhadra

The Kaimur Region is the stuff that legends are...

Abuse & Discrimination Blacken India’s Institutes of ‘Higher Learning’

Caste discrimination continues to blot the environs of prestigious...

Lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj gets temporary Bail to attend Father’s last rites

Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested in connection with Bhima Koregaon...

IITs, IIMs: ‘Stark’ discrimination leads to higher Dalit, Adivasi, OBC dropout rate

Flaws in Indian education system have been discussed at...

Fist For Farm: How Punjab’s Dalits Are Fighting For Their Right Over Common Land

Sangrur, Punjab: “Our struggle is not just about money....

Towards a ‘Suitable’ Ambedkar

Is tweaking of Babasaheb’s iconic slogan -- Educate, Organise,...

Hate Watch: Has Facebook become the weapon of choice for hate mongers?

As a part of our ongoing Hate Watch campaign, we...

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Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoriatrianisnm that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children

The West as Enigma: Why Muslims Must Understand the Occident on Its Own Terms

The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.

September 26 ECI Press Note: Does it not render SIR redundant?

The author de-constructs the September 26 press note, point by point, and evolves a list of Ten Demands for a People’s Movement for Accountability & Transparency in India’s Electoral Process

Unpacking a Coded Defence: What an IIT Professor’s post reveals about attitudes in elite institutions

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”